# Bill Hagerty Republican Senator · TN [Official site ↗](https://www.hagerty.senate.gov) [JSON](https://whovotedwhy.com/data/politicians/H000601.json) [Report an error](mailto:hello@jonasneves.com?subject=WhoVotedWhy%20correction%3A%20member%20H000601&body=Row%20or%20page%3A%20member%20H000601%0AWhat%20is%20wrong%3A%0APrimary%20source%20that%20shows%20it%3A%0A) 2 press releases on AI $55K from AI-industry employees and PACs AI super PACs: $212K for, $0 against Data as of: votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026 · contributions Oct 19, 2026 · super PAC spending Oct 23, 2026. [What changed](https://whovotedwhy.com/data/changes.json) ## Said and voted ### Same bill, both records Bills this member both voted on and cited in a release. Shown side by side; no score is drawn from them ([why](https://whovotedwhy.com/about)). [Ratepayer Protection Act](https://whovotedwhy.com/bills/a43d67bbafe647d3) YEA [On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/c4ab5f94505ce4d8) cloture · Sep 30, 2026 · Rejected 57-43 away from oversight Sep 30, 2026 Senator supports continued rapid AI/superintelligence development to stay ahead of adversaries while ensuring data center companies, not ratepayers, bear infrastructure costs, opposing burdensome constraints on AI growth itself. [Read the release ↗](https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2026/09/30/hagerty-advocates-for-the-ratepayer-protection-act/) ### What they said away from oversight Sep 30, 2026 Senator supports continued rapid AI/superintelligence development to stay ahead of adversaries while ensuring data center companies, not ratepayers, bear infrastructure costs, opposing burdensome constraints on AI growth itself. “The bill passed the House of Representatives by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 417-3 WASHINGTON—Today, United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN) spoke on the Senate floor, imploring his colleag…” [Source ↗](https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2026/09/30/hagerty-advocates-for-the-ratepayer-protection-act/) [cites HR.9340 by title](https://whovotedwhy.com/bills/a43d67bbafe647d3) toward oversight Aug 5, 2026 Hagerty's BLADE Act would expose and sanction foreign entities conducting model-extraction attacks on US frontier AI models to protect American AI leadership. “The unauthorized use of American AI models by foreign adversaries is a threat to both economic and national security WASHINGTON—Today, Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), along with Senate Banking Chairman …” [Source ↗](https://www.hagerty.senate.gov/press-releases/2026/08/05/hagerty-colleagues-introduce-the-blocking-large-scale-adversarial-distillation-efforts-blade-act/) Summaries and stance tags are written by a model; the release is the record. ### How they voted YEA Sep 30, 2026 [Ratepayer Protection Act](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/c4ab5f94505ce4d8) cloture · H.R. 9340 · Rejected 57-43 NOT VOTING Jul 16, 2026 [A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model".](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/de7744646acadb2c) motion to proceed · S.J.Res. 198 · Rejected 46-50 YEA Jul 14, 2026 [National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/1582c6eb48e4c5fc) cloture · S. 4784 · Rejected 50-46 YEA Dec 17, 2025 [National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/bca10742d0876330) procedural · S. 1071 · Agreed to 77-20 YEA Dec 15, 2025 [National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/47dfb73a82b0a2ce) cloture · S. 1071 · Agreed to 76-20 YEA Dec 11, 2025 [National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/dd1489dacf44112f) motion to proceed · S. 1071 · Agreed to 75-22 YEA Jul 1, 2025 [To strike the section relating to support for artificial intelligence.](https://whovotedwhy.com/votes/5759c87e484cf21b) amendment · H.R. 1 · S.Amdt. 2814 · Agreed to 99-1 ## AI super PAC spending in this race Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, 2026 cycle. This money never touches the campaign; it is spent for or against the candidate directly. Supporting · American Mission (Leading the Future) $212K [Every filing in this race →](https://whovotedwhy.com/candidates/S0TN00169) [Which PACs, and who funds them →](https://whovotedwhy.com/follow-the-money) ## Contributions from AI-industry employees and PACs Itemized receipts to this member's campaign committee where the contributor's employer or the contributing PAC is on the alias list. An employee's personal gift is not the company's. $38K From employees and investors, personally $17K From company PACs ### By employer Company PACs in teal; employees' personal gifts in black. Spellings are unified through the alias list. ### Largest gifts | Date | Contributor | Employer, as filed | Amount | Filing | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sep 24, 2025 | Doug Herrington | AMAZON | $5K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202510159791477090) | | Mar 26, 2026 | Brad Smith | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | $4K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202604159862272219) | | Jan 31, 2026 | Shyam Sankar | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES | $4K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202604159862272516) | | Jan 31, 2026 | Shyam Sankar | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES | $4K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202604159862272514) | | Nov 17, 2025 | James Siminoff | AMAZON | $4K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202601319795315161) | | Nov 17, 2025 | James Siminoff | AMAZON | $4K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202601319795315105) | | Sep 30, 2025 | Karan Bhatia | GOOGLE | $4K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202510159791477314) | | Jun 27, 2025 | Peter Lofgren | ANTHROPIC | $4K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202507159763355393) | | Jun 27, 2025 | Peter Lofgren | ANTHROPIC | $4K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202507159763355360) | | May 8, 2026 | GOOGLE LLC NETPAC | PAC | $3K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202607159875567742) | | Dec 31, 2025 | META PLATFORMS INC. PAC | PAC | $3K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202601319795315015) | | Sep 15, 2025 | Holly Sullivan | AMAZON | $3K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202510159791476847) | | Apr 25, 2025 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (AMAZON PAC | PAC | $3K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202507159763355291) | | Apr 18, 2025 | GOOGLE LLC NETPAC | PAC | $3K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202507159763355310) | | Apr 18, 2025 | GOOGLE LLC NETPAC | PAC | $3K | [↗](https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?202507159763355309) | Source: [OpenFEC Schedule A](https://api.open.fec.gov), itemized receipts only, 2026 cycle, read Oct 19, 2026. The FEC itemizes a contributor once their gifts to a committee pass $200 in aggregate.